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Bbc Hd Quality
I am positive the picture quality broadcast by the BBC HD channel is not as good as it was a couple of months ago. The sharpness is no longer there. Any ideas?
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They have switched to new encoders that (they claim) have allowed them to reduce bandwidth without compromising quality. For the past couple of weeks they've been broadcasting at around 9Mb/s instead of 12Mb/s.
There's been a lot of debate here and in the Sky HD forums. It seems that most people think it's reduced the quality. There is also some debate about why the BBC has done this. Some think it's to make room for more HD content. |
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I am positive the picture quality broadcast by the BBC HD channel is not as good as it was a couple of months ago. The sharpness is no longer there. Any ideas?
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They have switched to new encoders that (they claim) have allowed them to reduce bandwidth without compromising quality. For the past couple of weeks they've been broadcasting at around 9Mb/s instead of 12Mb/s.
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There's been a lot of debate here and in the Sky HD forums. It seems that most people think it's reduced the quality. There is also some debate about why the BBC has done this. Some think it's to make room for more HD content.
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Or is the space for ITV1 HD, which according to the Channel List on Join Freesat, is due to launch Dec 2009. See here.
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Or is the space for ITV1 HD, which according to the Channel List on Join Freesat, is due to launch Dec 2009. See here.
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Bbc Hd
We were one of the first households to have SkyHD installed, and the first footie match I recorded on BBC HD took up 25% of the disk!
I don't see any difference in the picture quality recently tho |
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We were one of the first households to have SkyHD installed, and the first footie match I recorded on BBC HD took up 25% of the disk!
I don't see any difference in the picture quality recently tho I suggest a visit to the SPL referees sponsor
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Getting Better?
When I first came to HD, the BBC channel was superb but, like most folk, I have seen a marked deterioration over the past weeks. In particular, artifacts have, at times, made the programmes unwatchable.
However, I found last Sunday's episode of 'Rivers' was good - very few artifacts and a good picture. On Tuesday 'Coast' was awesome. - No artifacts and an incredibly sharp, clear picture. As I think I said elsewhere, BBC HD can outshine any other source - Keep up the good work. Brian.
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'Rivers' was very good on SD at my parent's house as well. I suspect it was just very well filmed and didn't require much bandwidth.
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Coast has been very poor so I can only assume Tuesdays episode which I didn't see was better.
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I got sky hd on launch day and remember a preview clip showing highlights of football and doc's.
Remember it being very detailed and much better than we have now. Is this available anywhere to download, would be interesting to compare. |
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Having a Samsung V+ box installed by Virgin Media on Saturday to replace Sky HD-hoping BBC HD PQ improves then!
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